The Santa Cruz Fire Department and Cal Fire put out a wild land fire on a grassy hillside north of Western Dr. in Santa Cruz along Highway 1.

The roughly quarter mile wildfire was put out shortly after air attack, two planes and a helicopter, arrived at around 12:30p.m. The retardant dropped caused all forward progression to stop, Cal Fire says.

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Officials closed Highway 1 for fire service. There were detour routes through Western Dr. to High St. Around 3:00pm. that northbound lane of Highway One was reopened.